Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 16:19:32 01/29/06
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On January 29, 2006 at 13:09:09, George Speight wrote: >On January 29, 2006 at 13:02:25, George Speight wrote: > >> >>Try the late Ken Uston's SS counting sytem, where no separate value is given to >>aces. It was purported by him to be the strongest available, when you take into >>consideration the mistakes made when trying to keep a separate count for aces. >>Dr. Stanley Roberts, aka Stanley Sludikoff, concurs with me on this. He and i >>talk on a regualar basis. I have also been playing progessionally for 14 years. >> Good luck, George > >BTW, the bench mark test for whether you are ready to count in a casino >environment with your money on the table is if you can count thru a deck in 30 >seconds and end up on zero at the end 19 out of 20 times with your wife >screaming at you the whole time. A true litmus test. No joke. Casinos would be a very safe place if every card counter lived by this rule :) Vas However, once you >hit the casino, you need at least one working partner to signal you to hot >tables, or it becomes too much of agrind. Most people think counting 6 decks is >harder than one, but as you know its really no diff. Just more patience. In the >end, your success hinges on 2 things- adequate bankroll to withstand the >downside, and being able to manage yourself. George
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